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For all its famous talk of synergy, there is a surprising lack of cooperation between the parks and interactive divisions of the Walt Disney Company. Other than a small mostly-hidden, arcade in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, there isn’t much right now. One would think that every room would have some Disney…

For the second year in a row, Walt Disney World will welcome a unique blend of Frozen fun to its Blizzard Beach water park. The Frozen Summer Games will return beginning May 26 to bring more snowy, summery fun for guests. Kristoff and Olaf are the hosts of the game…

This weekend Typhoon Lagoon re-opened after its yearly off-season refurbishment period. Along with almost all of the old favorite water park experiences you remember, there’s a new attraction that families will love – Miss Adventure Falls. The new raft ride takes guests on a fast-paced journey through the prized finds…

Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon is ready to welcome a new season with a new attraction. “Miss Adventure Falls” is a family-style raft ride and it will open March 12 when the park retursn from its winter refurbishment. The theme follows Captain Mary Oceaneer and all the fun artifacts collected by her…

Typhoon Lagoon, Walt Disney World’s biggest water park, will soon be even bigger. Later this spring a new family raft ride will add even more fun to the themed water park. When we first announced the ride, it’s name was “Miss Fortune Falls,” but since then Disney has decided that…

We’ve known that Universal Orlando Resort was building a new water park called Volcano Bay to grow its resort along side the five resort hotels and two theme parks. Today we’re getting our first look at the park and some of the experiences it will provide guests. There’s also one…

It’s been 8 years since Disney last added an attraction to either of its water parks. Crush ‘n’ Gusher brought the concept of a ‘water coaster’ to Walt Disney World in 2005 with the promise of more coming soon. Alas, the great recession put any plans for expansion on hold…

They say it never snows in Florida, but in one location, there’s snow year around. That’s Blizzard Beach, where a magical snowstorm has taken over the water park and made conditions ripe for the mounting of a ‘winter games’ in the middle of Summer. That’s just what the folks at…